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name: react-human-made description: Human Made React component standards. Apply when writing React components, reviewing React code, or building WordPress block editor interfaces. Covers functional components, hooks, PropTypes, and component organization.

Human Made React Standards

Component Style

• Use functional components with hooks for most cases
• Class components only when required by external libraries
• Keep components focused and single-purpose
• Extract complex logic into custom hooks

Semantic HTML

• Use semantic HTML5 elements (<article>, <section>, <nav>, etc.)
• onClick handlers only on focusable elements (buttons, links)
• Ensure keyboard accessibility for interactive elements
• Use ARIA attributes when semantic HTML is insufficient

Props and State

• Specify PropTypes for all component properties
• Prefer props over state; lift state up when needed
• Avoid storing state in DOM
• Use controlled components for form inputs

Component Organization

• Co-locate styles and tests with components
• One component per file for significant components
• Small helper components can share a file with their parent

Example Component

Copyimport PropTypes from 'prop-types';
import { useState, useCallback } from 'react';

const UserCard = ( { user, onSelect } ) => {
    const [ isExpanded, setIsExpanded ] = useState( false );

    const handleToggle = useCallback( () => {
        setIsExpanded( prev => ! prev );
    }, [] );

    return (
        <article className="user-card">
            <h3>{ user.name }</h3>
            <button onClick={ handleToggle }>
                { isExpanded ? 'Collapse' : 'Expand' }
            </button>
            { isExpanded && (
                <div className="user-card__details">
                    <p>{ user.email }</p>
                    <button onClick={ () => onSelect( user.id ) }>
                        Select User
                    </button>
                </div>
            ) }
        </article>
    );
};

UserCard.propTypes = {
    user: PropTypes.shape( {
        id: PropTypes.number.isRequired,
        name: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
        email: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
    } ).isRequired,
    onSelect: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
};

export default UserCard;

WordPress Block Editor

When building Gutenberg blocks:

• Use @wordpress/element for React (it re-exports React)
• Use @wordpress/components for UI primitives
• Use @wordpress/block-editor for block-specific components
• Follow the block.json schema for block registration
• Use @wordpress/data for state management with WordPress stores